“The ultimate aim of politics is not politics, but the activities which can be practised within the political framework of the State. Therefore an effective statement of these activities - e.g. science, art, religion - is in itself a declaration of ultimate aims around which the political means will crystallise... a society with no values outside of politics is a machine carrying its human cargo, with no purpose in its institutions reflecting their care, eternal aspirations, loneliness, need for love.” NeedsHumansMeanArtStatesCarePoliticalPurposeValuesLonelinessActivityEternalMachinesUltimateAimInstitutionsStatementsAspirationDeclarationFrameworkReflectingCargo Author:Stephen Spender
“The country is the real thing, the substantial thing, the eternal thing, it is the thing to watch over and care for and be loyal to; institutions are extraneous. . . .” RealCountryCareWatchesEternalInstitutionsLoyalReal Things Book:A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court Source: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
“When in the course of human development, existing institutions prove inadequate to the needs of man, when they serve merely to enslave, rob and oppress mankind, the people have the eternal right to rebel against, and overthrow, these institutions.” PeopleMenNeedsHumansCoursesMankindDevelopmentProveEternalInstitutionsRebelInadequateHuman Development Book:Emma Goldman Source: Emma Goldman
“My kind of loyalty was loyalty to one's country, not to its institutions or its officeholders. The country is the real thing, the substantial thing, the eternal thing; it is the thing to watch over, and care for, and be loyal to; institutions are extraneous, they are its mere clothing, and clothing can wear out, become ragged, cease to be comfortable, cease to protect the body from winter, disease, and death.” KindRealCountryBodyCareWatchesProtectDiseaseComfortableEternalInstitutionsMereWinterLoyaltyCeasePatriotismClothingsLoyalReal ThingsRaggedDisease And Death Book:A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court Source: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
“If any earthly institution or custom conflicts with God's will, it is your Christian duty to oppose it. You must never allow the transitory, evanescent demands of man-made institutions to take precedence over the eternal demands of the Almighty God.” IfsMenMadeChristianDutyDemandConflictEternalInstitutionsGods WillCustomsAlmightyAlmighty GodTransitoryPrecedence Author:Martin Luther
“The religious superstition is encouraged by means of the institution of churches, processions, monuments, festivities....The so-called clergy stupefy the masses....They befog the people and keep them in an eternal condition of stupefaction.” PeopleMeanChurchReligiousConditionsEternalMassInstitutionsSuperstitionsMonumentClergyProcessionFestivities Author:Leo Tolstoy